Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2010, 6:54 PM MDT for Dewey County, South Dakota. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2010, 6:54 PM MDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2010, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dewey County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 12 Wnw Eagle Butte, SD | MEASURED WIND GUST AT THE BEAR CREEK RAWS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490 WFUS53 KABR 170054 TORABR SDC041-170145- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0013.100617T0054Z-100617T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 654 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL DEWEY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUPREE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TWO TORNADOS WERE REPORTED NEAR DUPREE AROUND 644 MDT WITH THIS STORM. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... GREEN GRASS AROUND 725 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4538 10147 4517 10106 4501 10149 4520 10150 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 225DEG 20KT 4508 10149 $$ KEARNS
2 follow-up statements
525 WFUS53 KABR 170059 CCA TORABR SDC041-170145- /O.COR.KABR.TO.W.0013.100617T0054Z-100617T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 654 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL DEWEY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUPREE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TWO TORNADOS WERE REPORTED NEAR DUPREE AROUND 644 PM MDT WITH THIS STORM. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... GREEN GRASS AROUND 725 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4538 10147 4517 10106 4501 10149 4520 10150 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 225DEG 20KT 4508 10149 $$ KEARNS
378 WWUS53 KABR 170123 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 823 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 SDC041-170145- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100617T0145Z/ DEWEY SD- 723 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DEWEY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 719 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LANTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUST WEST OF THE DEWEY COUNTY LINE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... GREEN GRASS AROUND 745 PM MDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4538 10147 4517 10106 4501 10149 4520 10150 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 225DEG 20KT 4509 10140 $$ KEARNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 7:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Dewey | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 8:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Dewey | 22 min |
| Jun 16, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 10:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Potter, Walworth | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 10:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Dewey | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 11:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter, Walworth | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 7:49 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABR | Dewey | 24 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:21 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Dewey | 20 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.